The Big Ten’s two best teams proved it Saturday at Ohio Stadium, and for the Buckeyes it came up roses.

There are countless examples of a team coming off a big, emotional win, turning around and ... falling flat.

All the talk about how lucky Iowa was to win its first nine games brought back memories for Ohio State coach Jim Tressel.

What’s brewing today with the 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes ...

Tight end Garrett Graham remembers just how quiet 109,000 people could sound last year with Wisconsin rolling over Michigan 19-0 at halftime.

The stakes for the Purdue-Michigan State football game resemble those of a pre-tournament basketball game between two teams on the bubble.

Two teams with decidedly different postseason goals meet Saturday when Indiana visits No. 19 Penn State.

Terrelle Pryor has a warning for his Ohio State teammates: Forget last week and take Iowa seriously.

DE Cameron Heyward said this week that he intended to return to Ohio State for his senior season.

To get back to the Rose Bowl for the first time since the 1996 season, Ohio State, a team that couldn’t seem to win a big game for three years, now must win two in the span of a little more than a week.

The bowl season is heating up, with the winner of Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. game against Iowa at Ohio Stadium determining one of the spots in the Rose Bowl.

A University of Minnesota spokesman says suspended freshman forward Royce White is being investigated in the theft of a laptop computer at campus dormitory.

Purdue quarterback Joey Elliott was expected by many to be a stopgap between the graduated Curtis Painter and Miami transfer Robert Marve (mahrv), but he’s made a name for himself by beating the big dogs.

One of Iowa’s favorite mantras has always been “Next Man In.“

Rich Rodriguez has to lead Michigan to an upset at Wisconsin or in the Big House against rival Ohio State to earn bowl eligibility - and perhaps patience from fed-up fans.